Confessio Amantis, Volume 1The complete text of John Gower's poem is a three-volume edition, including all Latin components-with translations-of this bilingual text and extensive glosses, bibliography and explanatory notes. Volume 1 contains the Prologue and Books 1 and 8, in effect the overall structure of Gower's poem. |
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Page 89
... seith he wol socoure The poeple , there he woll devoure ; For now aday is manyon Which spekth of Peter and of John And thenketh Judas in his herte . Ther schal no worldes good asterte His hond , and yit he gifth almesse And fasteth ofte ...
... seith he wol socoure The poeple , there he woll devoure ; For now aday is manyon Which spekth of Peter and of John And thenketh Judas in his herte . Ther schal no worldes good asterte His hond , and yit he gifth almesse And fasteth ofte ...
Page 103
... seith , ' Be stille . ' If I that heste schal fulfille And therto ben obedient , Thanne is my cause fully schent , For specheles may no man spede . So wot I noght what is to rede ; Bot certes I may noght obeie , That I ne mot algate ...
... seith , ' Be stille . ' If I that heste schal fulfille And therto ben obedient , Thanne is my cause fully schent , For specheles may no man spede . So wot I noght what is to rede ; Bot certes I may noght obeie , That I ne mot algate ...
Page 159
... seith the bok , Was coupled to a noble queene , And hadde a dowhter hem betwene : Bot such fortune cam to honde , That deth , which no king mai withstonde , Bot lif it mote obeie , every This worthi queene tok aweie . The king , which ...
... seith the bok , Was coupled to a noble queene , And hadde a dowhter hem betwene : Bot such fortune cam to honde , That deth , which no king mai withstonde , Bot lif it mote obeie , every This worthi queene tok aweie . The king , which ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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